core/java/android/text/TextDirectionHeuristic.java

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 * Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project
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package android.text;

/**
 * Interface for objects that use a heuristic for guessing at the paragraph direction by examining text.
 */
public interface TextDirectionHeuristic {
    /**
     * Guess if a chars array is in the RTL direction or not.
     *
     * @param array the char array.
     * @param start start index, inclusive.
     * @param count the length to check, must not be negative and not greater than
     *          {@code array.length - start}.
     * @return true if all chars in the range are to be considered in a RTL direction,
     *          false otherwise.
     */
    boolean isRtl(char[] array, int start, int count);

    /**
     * Guess if a {@code CharSequence} is in the RTL direction or not.
     *
     * @param cs the CharSequence.
     * @param start start index, inclusive.
     * @param count the length to check, must not be negative and not greater than
     *            {@code CharSequence.length() - start}.
     * @return true if all chars in the range are to be considered in a RTL direction,
     *          false otherwise.
     */
    boolean isRtl(CharSequence cs, int start, int count);
}